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leap year in Persian

سال انباشته sâl-e anbâšte

UK/ˈliːp ˌjɪə//ˈlip ˌjɪ(ə)ɹ/

leap year in Persian: سال انباشته (sâl-e anbâšte), سال کبیسه (sâl-e kabise). In English, leap year means a year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.

Persian words for leap year

year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February
سال انباشته sâl-e anbâšte, سال کبیسه sâl-e kabise

English meaning of leap year

  1. noun A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.
  2. noun Any other year featuring intercalation, such as a year in a lunisolar calendar with 13 months instead of 12, used to maintain its alignment with the seasons of the solar year.

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Questions about leap year in Persian

What is the meaning of leap year in Persian?
Leap year in Persian is سال انباشته (sâl-e anbâšte), سال کبیسه (sâl-e kabise).
معنی leap year چیست؟
Leap year: سال انباشته (sâl-e anbâšte), سال کبیسه (sâl-e kabise).
What does leap year mean in English?
Leap year means a year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leap year (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Persian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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